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i am interested in comparing the lives of the people in an area during the height of serfdom with the lives of the people who commonly left their home country for the USA during the height of their regions tradition immigration.

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How much did the English colonist know about the English civil war and what was there general opinion if any?

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Is there any conclusive evidence that a U.S. President was gay?

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A book I am listening to, set in the early 1800s in England talks about a woman going to a doctor for an abortion, what options were available to at least a middle-class woman at that time? NSFW

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Why did no other countries try to take Russia after the Tsar and his family was murdered?

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What were the popular drugs that were not alcohol based, in France and England in the very late 1700's and very early 1800s.?

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I live in London in the early 1800s, my uncle is the Captain of a ship in the Navy and I want to write and ask him to take my younger brother into the Navy. How would I contact him while he is away at sea?

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What were the social customs of 1800s London?

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I am a middle ranking nobile-man in the court of Henry the VIII what is a typical year like?

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I would like to learn about 19th century British Circuses.

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i am interested in comparing the lives of the people in an area during the height of serfdom with the lives of the people who commonly left their home country for the USA during the height of their regions tradition immigration.	6
How much did the English colonist know about the English civil war and what was there general opinion if any?	5
Is there any conclusive evidence that a U.S. President was gay?	5
A book I am listening to, set in the early 1800s in England talks about a woman going to a doctor for an abortion, what options were available to at least a middle-class woman at that time? NSFW	5
Why did no other countries try to take Russia after the Tsar and his family was murdered?	4
What were the popular drugs that were not alcohol based, in France and England in the very late 1700's and very early 1800s.?	4
I live in London in the early 1800s, my uncle is the Captain of a ship in the Navy and I want to write and ask him to take my younger brother into the Navy. How would I contact him while he is away at sea?	4
What were the social customs of 1800s London?	4
I am a middle ranking nobile-man in the court of Henry the VIII what is a typical year like?	3
I would like to learn about 19th century British Circuses.	3